TOO HOT?, How hot does your teener run? Options

[BMartin914]

Just picked up my new 914 this morning.

Drove about 40 miles back home at an average speed of about 70. Ambient temp was probably 85 and the humidity very low, probably around 10 - 15%.

My (stock) temp gauge was almost touching the red a good part of the way. Just on the edge of red when I got home.

Should I be worried or do most teeners run this hot in this type of weather?

I wouldn't expect it to behave like a water-cooler but is it running TOO hot?

[Rockaria]

My 1975 1.8 L-Jet Runs on the hot side. But it depends on the ambiant temps.

Temps taken with calibrated thermocouple unit:
100 Degree day = 240 degree oil temps/ 350 degree head temps
75 Degree day = 220 degree oil temps/ 325 degree head temps
50 degree day = 200 degree oil temps/ 300 degree head temps

Head temp is taken off of #3. I have had the sensor on #1 and #4. The driver side runs 25 degrees less across the board.

My engine is clean, clean. No obstructions, the fan is perfect. Timed at 5 degrees at idle (Book says 7.5 for the 1.8at idle though I am mostly interested in 3500 timing) and 29 degrees at 3500 rpm. Everything is stock. Using points, bosch blue coil. I have the AFM tuned to run a little rich. I do not need to have my emissions tested where I live.

It runs just fine no matter the temperature. I have a small idle problem when it is 240 degree oil temps. When its 230 degrees or below it idles perfectly.

I live at 4000 feet in the hot dry desert. So I have sort of decided this is normal. I took the car on a 1000 mile drive this past june and it ran the whole time just fine.